HCRHS Media Lit

"Media organizations across the aisle came under fire this week for depicting students from Covington Catholic High School as racist after a viral video showed them engaged in confrontation with tribal elder Nathan Phillips at the Indigenous Peoples March. The full video provided further context, such as the antagonizing presence of the Black Hebrew Israelites nearby, and several of the reports were heavily updated when the new information came to light. "

"Just a day or so later, the Children's Commissioner, Anne Longfield, waded in, with a widely reported open letter to tech firms, declaring: "The tragic suicide of Molly Russell and her father's appalled response to the material she was viewing on social media before her death have again highlighted the horrific amount of disturbing content that children are accessing online…I do not think it is going too far to question whether even you, the owners (of tech companies), any longer have any control over their content"."

"According to Recode, Dorsey said that the company is considering a tool for people to explain or expand on their old tweets, an idea that Dorsey said arose after the company noticed "people quote-unquote 'being cancelled' because of past things that they've said on Twitter or various other places in social media." "

"President Donald Trump would sign a compromise deal on border-security funding, but would also declare a national emergency to try to build his wall."

"This year's awards were a big night for Childish Gambino and Kacey Musgraves. It was also a night of strong performances from artists like Janelle Monae and Cardi B. And don't forget Diana Ross, who wished herself a happy birthday a month and a half early."

"The activists have chosen to take a stand at London Fashion Week 2019 by creating a protest t-shirt printed with the words "72 Dead. And still no arrests? How come?" inspired by a protest carried out by the same group of activists last year.  "

"The Kansas man told two men in a Home Depot bathroom "y'all need to get out of here because I'm fixing to blow it up.""

seeing the reaction and how much people appreciated hearing what I have to say and seeing how far my voice really traveled. "

"For years, BuzzFeed seemed to be leading the journalism industry toward a brave new future. Now that it has stumbled, the way ahead looks more old-school than ever."

"Do you ever suspect people are posting images on social media that show them in a one-dimensional way, to make others think they are perfect, with a perfect life?"

"So in 2009, during a time of economic collapse and recession, he released a book called Collapse of Distinction. The Miami Herald named the book one of the 10 best business books of the year, then 30 other newspapers followed suit. The second edition of the book was retitled Create Distinction."

"How LGBT daters approach online dating."

"With the advent of "fake news", social media and non-stop media bombardment, three leading media literacy educators explain why media literacy is more important now than ever before."

"Tinder may well have helped save marriage as an institution, simply by bringing us more of them. Not to mention faster. Again contrary to conventional wisdom, researchers say online meeting-based marriages happen more quickly after the first date. The jury is still out on whether online-based marriages are more or less likely to end in divorce; there are studies that point in both directions. Call it a wash.  Either way, this is our new romantic landscape. At least one third of all marriages in the U.S. are now between partners who met online. That's more than 600,000 couples every year who would, in any other era, have remained total strangers.  The influence of these internet-minted couples on the dating world isn't over when they marry; it is just getting started. Internet marrieds get to play yentas. They can set up friends on dates with each other - still a thing, even in this day and age.  Who knows how far out the ripple effects go, how many people who would never dream of being on Tinder and Bumble have the course of their lives changed by swipes and matches regardless.  "

"The study also showed that students who didn't use electronic devices but attended lectures where their use was allowed also performed worse on tests."